Health management of the college student during the COVID-19 pandemic

¹ Health Policy and Administration Departement, Faculty of Public Health, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia
² West Sumatra Senses Health Center, Padang, Indonesia
³ Departement of Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Putra Malaysia

^* Corresponding author: srisiswati@gmail.com

Abstract

In early 2020, the world was hit by the COVID-19 outbreak This virus was originated in Wuhan, China, and hit 216 countries. In Indonesia, there is an increasing trend of data cases on June 11, 2020, as many as 35,295 positive people. This study aims to look at learning and health situations during the pandemic and the health impacts on students. As a result of the pandemic, lecture activities that were originally on campus were moved to homes with a distance learning system. The descriptive research method is authoritative with a sample of 96 students. The results of this study show that during the COVID-19 pandemic, some students experienced health problems as a result of the transition from offline to online learning, such as anxiety, headaches, and fatigue caused by staring at screens for too long and just doing too many assignments. Even though, students are aware of the importance of health protocols and use them, such as social distancing, wearing a mask when outside, and washing their hands. Students affirm that there is an adequate supply of nutritious food. It can be concluded that changes in learning activities have an impact on student’s health, but this can be mitigated with good management and adherence to health protocols.